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Acts 17:22-29

22AndPaulΠαῦλοςPaulosG3972standingG2476inthemidstμέσῳmesōG3319ofAreopagussaidἔφη·ephēG5346,AtheniansἈθηναῖοι,AthēnaioiG117,ineverywayIseeG2334yougiven uptodemon worship;

23for,passingG1330throughandbeholdingyourshrines,IfoundG2147alsoG2532analtaronwhichwasinscribed,TotheunknownG50Godθεῷ.theōG2316.WhomthereforeοὖνounG3767ye reverence,notknowingἀγνοοῦντεςagnoountesG50[him],himIannouncetoyou.

24TheGodθεὸςtheosG2316whohasmadeG4160theworldκόσμονkosmonG2889andallthingsG3778whichareinit,he,beingLordκύριοςkuriosG2962ofheavenοὐρανοῦouranouG3772andearthγῆςgēsG1093,doesnotdwellκατοικεῖ,katoikeiG2730intemplesG3485madeG4160withhandsG5499,

25norisservedbymen'shandsχειρῶνcheirōnG5495asneedingsomethingG5100,himselfgivingG1325toalllifeζωὴνzōēnG2222andbreathandallthingsG3956;

26andhasmadeG4160ofoneἑνὸςhenosG1520bloodeverynationἔθνοςethnosG1484ofmenG444todwellκατοικεῖνkatoikeinG2730uponthewholefaceπροσώπουprosōpouG4383oftheearthγῆς,gēsG1093,havingdeterminedordainedtimesG2540andtheboundariesoftheirdwellingG2730,

27thattheymayseekζητεῖνzēteinG2212Godθεόν,theonG2316;ifindeedtheymightfeelafterhimandfindεὕροιεν,heuroienG2147him,althoughheisnotfarμακρὰνmakranG3112fromeachoneἑνὸςhenosG1520ofus:

28forinhimweliveζῶμενzōmenG2198andmoveκινούμεθαkinoumethaG2795andexist;asalsoG2532someofthepoetsamongstyouhavesaidG3004,ForweareG1510alsoG2532hisoffspringγένοςgenosG1085.

29BeingG1510thereforeοὖνounG3767[the]offspringγένοςgenosG1085ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316,weoughtὀφείλομενopheilomenG3784nottothinkG3543thatwhichisG1510divineθεῖονtheionG2304tobeG1510likegoldχρυσῷchrusōG5557orsilverἀργύρῳargurōG696orstoneλίθῳ,lithōG3037, [the] graven formofman'sartandimagination.

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